PGDM (General Management) · Batch 2026-27
Devishri Bassi
I'm an MBA student at XLRI Jamshedpur with 3.5 years of experience across BFSI, Pharmacovigilance, Talent Acquisition industries focusing on Digital Transformation, SaaS and AI projects. I began my career as a Programmer Analyst working for a Europeon client. Later transitioned to a Business Analyst. I am skilled at leading high-impact, client facing projects across global teams. Expert in managing stakeholders effectively and delivering measurable results. Recognized for clear thinking, proactive leadership, adaptability under pressure, and consistently exceeding client expectations.
Work experience
42 months in total
- Cognizant 42 months
Career highlights
Business Analyst
- Led collaboration with 10+ cross-functional stakeholders to assess workflows inefficiencies, identify 8+ process gaps, and recommend strategic redesign initiatives that reduced manual steps by 25%
- Partnered with the senior leadership to define strategy and deliver an in-house solution for AI driven resume matching tool initiative, replacing a third-party search and match tool and enabling significant cost savings of $1 million/year.
- Owned end-to-end SDLC execution by overseeing requirements, design, development, testing, and risk mitigation. Accelerating product rollout by 15% through proactive planning and on-time deployment
- Developed comprehensive BRDs, URSs, RTM and authored 30+ user stories to translate business objectives into execution roadmaps
- Governed SIT/UAT lifecycles with stakeholders, enforcing acceptance criteria and reducing post deployment defects by 35%
Programmer Analyst
- Led the migration of 40+ on-premise datasets to a cloud ecosystem
- Worked on Ingestion-as-a-Service capabilities for a leading European BFSI client, improving data availability
- Refined user stories and established clear Definition of Ready/Definition of Done with the product owner, boosting sprint predictability
- Supported development of a GenAI-driven Fraud Detection project, enhancing fraud identification and enabling more efficient business operations
Achievements
- Recognized as 'Emerging Talent' by the Engagement Delivery Lead at Cognizant, selected from 200+ associates for outstanding performance and potential.
- Recieved Certificate of Recognition for consistent performance and contribution.
- Recieved the Elite+Gold recognition from National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) for achieving a score in the top 5% of all test takers
Certifications
- Certified Scrum Product Owner
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
